NAME:_____________________________

Form 2
English (Mr. Ali Rassul)

Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions. Return this
paper with your answers after the exam.

Read the following poems and answer the questions that follow.

Listening to Grownups Quarrelling

by Ruth Whiteman

Standing in the hall against the

wall with my little brother, blown
like leaves against the wall by their
voices, my head like a pingpong ball
between the paddles of their anger.

I knew what it mean

to tremble like a leaf.

Cold with their wrath, I heard

The claws of rain
Pounce. Floods
Poured through the city,
Skies clapped over me,
And I was shaken
like a mouse
between their jaws.

1. Identify and write the smiles in the poem.

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2. What is the poem about?

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Only The Moon

by Wong May
When I was a child I thought
The new moon was a cradle
The full moon was granny's round face

The new moon was a banana.

The full moon was a big cake.

When I was a child

I never saw the moon
I only saw what I wanted to see.

And now I see the moon

It's the moon,
Only the moon, and nothing but the moon.

3. Identify and state the metaphors in the poem.

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4. What two things are compared in each metaphor?

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5. What do the metaphors tell us about the child's mind?

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